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CA10: Abandoning car keys is an abandonment of car

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Abandoning car keys and disavowing them is an abandonment of the car. United States v. Brown, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16691 (10th Cir. August 5, 2008) (unpublished).* School's alleged excessively putting plaintiff's son in timeout for behavioral problems, even if it was a Fourth Amendment seizure, was justified by the circumstances. Couture v. Bd. of Educ. of the Albuquerque Pub. Schs, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16648 (10th Cir. August 7, 2008).* Defendant passenger had standing to contest the stop of the vehicle he was in even if he lacked standing to contest a search of the vehicle. The traffic stop here was continued with reasonable suspicion. United States v. Torres-Ramos, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16621, 2008 FED App. 0281P (6th Cir. August 7, 2008)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on August 09, 2008 (boomark / email).